The Professionals

Lewis Collins and Martin Shaw are Bodie, ex-paratrooper and ex-mercenary, and Doyle, ex-CID detective, two of the deadliest special agents on the block… deadly spirited, often abrasive but always
tempered by mutual respect – and they always get results.

Gordon Jackson portrays George Cowley, the straight-talking chief of CI5 in a series that took an intriguing look at the loyalties, treacheries, perils and dramas of a government department battling
against the real world of espionage, organised crime and terrorism.

The Professionals arrived on British TV screens on 30th December 1977 and by early 1978 Bodie and Doyle had Ford Capris to play with.

Series 1

Towards the end of Series 1 Bodie and Doyle got their first Capris after a deal with the Ford Motor Company to provide vehicles for the LWT Series.

Bodie – 1980 Strato Silver MK3 Ford Capri 3.0S, OWC827W (real index – OWC827V) – it has a bitter chocolate interior with red/beige checked roll top S seats. This was the only MK3 Ford Capri 3.0S in the
whole series which did not have a fishnet Recaro interior. This car is also in Northern Ireland undergoing restoration.
Doyle – 1980 Solar Gold MK3 Ford Capri 3.0S, OAR576W (real index – OAR576V) – it has a bitter chocolate interior with brown/beige fishnet Recaro seats. This car has been fully restored and is in Northern Ireland.

Series 5

Bodie -1981 Strato Silver MK3 Ford Capri 3.0S, VHK12W (genuine index) – it has an orange/black check fishnet Recaro interior. This car has been fully restored and is in Northern Ireland.
Doyle – 1981 Tibetan Gold MK3 Ford Capri 3.0S, VHK11W (genuine index) – it also has an orange/black check fishnet Recaro interior. This car has also been fully restored and is in Northern Ireland.
The chassis numbers of VHK11W and VHK12W are consecutive as well as the registration marks.

More information and photographs of the other Professionals Capris can be viewed on the other pages under “The Professionals” dropdown menu above.

The Professionals TV Series 1977 – 1983

C15: Criminal Intelligence 5 – a team specially formed by the Home Office to combat an increasing wave of terrorism.

It offers tough, hard men to deal with tough, hard situations.

Special men – experts from all branches of the army, the SAS, the police. Their brief – to keep Britain clean, to keep it safe. Protect it from anarchy, from acts of terrorism, and from crimes against the public.